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Once Upon a Summertime

from Con​/​tribution by Jane Blackstone

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I arranged this tune - it is one of my favorites - I wanted to give a dramatic slant to the feeling of love that lasts only a short while..
Many great singers have recorded this one, but this arrangement is unique.
The great musicians on this track with with me... thanks to George Mraz, Garry Dial and Victor Lewis

lyrics

Once upon a summertime if you recall
We stopped beside then in a flower stall
A bunch of bright forget-me-nots
Was all I let you buy me
Once upon a summertime just like today
We laughed the happy afternoon away
And stole a kiss in every street cafe
You were sweeter than the blossom on the tree
I was as proud as any girl could be
As if the major had offered me the key, the key to Paris

Now another wintertime has come and gone
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
But I remember when the vespers chime
You loved me once upon a summertime
Tous les lilas, tous les lilas de mai
N'en finiront, n'en finiront jamais
De faire la fete du coeur
Des jeunes qui s'aiment
S'aiment, s'aiment
Now another wintertime has come and gone
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
But I remember when the vespers chime
You loved me once upon a summertime...

credits

from Con​/​tribution, track released October 1, 1999
Michelle Legrand -composer word and music

Jane Blackstone: vocal
Garry Dial: Piano
George Mraz: Bass
Victor Lewis: Drums

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Jane Blackstone New York, New York

Jane Blackstone



"This latest CD project was first and foremost an attempt at bringing together people who had touched my life. These people happen to be great musicians! And to make the music that had been on my mind and in my heart and that I felt finally, I was ready to sing and arrange."

Blackstone holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from New York University-lives in NYC.
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